[Video] - edge of the Junk Pile towards Megatronus' quadrant

[warp]

[The video comes on to show Skywarp in the air and grinning, with the sound of lasers being fired, plus an unholy racket from somewhere below him.]

So, y'know. After that trip into the Badlands I just gotta wonder... unless the 'Firstforged' are powerful enough, why're the army in there just waitin'?

[Even as he talks, Skywarp dips and swoops, smirk flickering wider every now and then, and he's not looking at the video, but the ground below him.]

'Cause there was a blasted army in there. Kinda like watching the drones Megatron came back with to whup the Autobots... or maybe scraplets waiting. And---

[Something catches his attention, and the lasers cut out along with - briefly - the video, and when it pops in again a second later, Skywarp's on the ground. In front of... Well. It's a very large and pompous chair. Throne, more like.]

... What the slag? Starscream, y'sure this isn't yours? I mean, besides the wings.

[A throne made out of wings and nothing can really hide Skywarp's expression as his faceplates flickers through empty surprise, disgust, a grimace that can't really be described as anything in particular... And yet he gets close, because he just knows this is his. And after slowly reaching out to touch the armrest and staring for a microbreem or so, Skywarp shrugs and tosses himself into it.]

This is the creepiest slag I've ever done.

[Then a tiny herd of four harried-looking and laser-burned geardeer rush past in the background.]

Comments

[warp]

Never know what glitched thing you've gotten in your processor, but you're right.

It's more, maybe, Megatron's... or Shockwave's style, isn't it?

[He should get off but this is... creepily distracting.]

[aerospacecommander]

What I am curious about is why you have it.

[warp]

Hey, don't ask me! How'm I supposed to know that? I just found it.

[Grimacing, Skywarp taps the armrest.]

Want it?

[aerospacecommander]

Repaint it and I might take it off your hands.

[warp]

[He hadn't even been serious, and then Starscream goes and say that, so after a moment of slightly widened optic-staring, Skywarp shrugs.]

Figures you'd say that. I suppose I could do that. Gotta be some paint 'round here.

[And he's already imagining all the obnoxious colours he could use, smirking slightly. Starscream didn't specify after all...]

[aerospacecommander]

And it better not look stupid.

[He knows what you're thinking.]

[warp]

Ahhh--- [Whyyyy. Skywarp widens his optics, managing an innocent look for maybe a few seconds before snorts.] Would I ever?

Fine. What'd y'want, then? I'm not gonna paint it in three different colours.

[Ergo, he's not going to go through the effort of making it your colours.]

[aerospacecommander]

Paint it mostly blue, with some white .. maybe a strip of red across.

[Guess who's colors he's describing instead]

[warp]

That's still three colours, if you gotta have the stripe.

[Pause.]

... Why those colours? Are you thinkin' of something in particular?

[Why does he feel like he should know?]

[aerospacecommander]

Oh, no reason in particular ...

[warp]

Hey, y'can't just say that and not explain!

[Huffing, Skywarp crosses his arms and scowls. That's rude, Starscream!]